Glove



GLO VE Filed Deo. 24, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 13, 1941 UNTED STTS" PATENT FFICE GLQVE Pierre Leon Vernhes, .iohnstown N. Y.

Application December 24, 1938, Serial N o. 247,613 1 claim. (c1. anice) It has been customary, in forming gloves, to

cut a blank of suitable shape from a sheet of ilexible material such as leather or other suitable material and to overfcld the blank and stitch together the side edges thereof throughout its y entire length. In addition, of course, the usual fourchettes and gussets, are stitched between finger-forming portions of the blank and a separate thumb piece or covering and quirk are stitched together in the usual thumb opening` which is formed in the blank in spaced relation to the edges thereof. A considerable amount of stitching is required to fasten together these integral and separate parts in glove-forming relationship and the completed glove has, as above ,Y

stantially a minimum amount of stitching is required in forming a finished glove and which glove is characterized by the absence cf any seam or stitching along either side edge thereof, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the glove and, at the same time, producing a glove having a desirable appearance.

In the glove industry, it has also been customary to form an integral blank comprising portions forming coverings for the palm and back of the hand and the ngers and to cut out a separate element forming a covering for the thumb which is stitched to the blank and about the usual thumb opening provided therein. The principal objection to forming gloves in this manner resides in the fact that, in practice, theblank and thumb pieces are cut from different skins or tranks -of material and invariably the materials of the blank and thumb covering are of diiferent shades of coloration and do not properly match. It is, therefore, another object of my invention to provide a glove which is formed from an integral blank comprising portions adapted to form coverings for the back and front of the hand and fingers and also a portion, integral therewith, which forms a covering for the thumb. Another object resides in the provision of a blank of the foregoing character having formed integrally therewith the usual quirk for the thumb covering,

Further objects reside in a method of forming gloves of the foregoing character; yand with these and other objects in view, my invention includes the novel arrangement and association of elementsdescribed below and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a plan view of a preferred form of glove blank embodying one form of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the front of a partially completed glove formed by the blank of Fig. 1;

Fig.,3 is a fragmentary plan view of a finished glove. Y

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a preferred form of glove blank embodying another form of my invention;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan View of the front of a partially completed glove formed by the lblank of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary plan view of a iinished glove formed by the blank of Fig. 4.

In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated one embodiment of my invention, a glove blank, which is cut to the preferred configuration, is indicated generally at I yand comprises finger forming portions 2, 3, 4 and 5 which are adapted to form coverings for th'e/ backs of the fingers. Contiguous to the portion 2 is a finger forming portion 6, substantially conforming to the portion 2 and adapted to be overfolded about the dot-dash line 1 upon the portion 2 whereby to form a covering for the back and front of the first nger. The ringer-forming portion 6 forms part of a lateral, side portion indicated generally at 8 which, in forming the glove, is adapted to be overfolded about the line of fold 1. Likewise, the blank comprises a second lateral, side portion, indicated generally at 9, which is adapted to be overfolded about the dot-dash line of fold IIJ and to overlie the central portion of the glove blank II. This lateral side portion B comprises a finger-forming portion I2, which substantially conforms to and is contiguous to the portion 5, and r.linger-forming portions I3 and I4 substantially conforming to the portion 4 and 3, respectively. When the two lateral side portions 8 and 9 are overfolded upon the central portion II of the glove blank, the finger-forming portions of said lateral portions form the covering for the fronts of the fingers while the finger-forming portions of the central portion of the glove blank form coverings for the backs of the fingers. In completing the glove, suitable fourchettes and gussets, of course, are stitched between the respective, fronts and backsv of the finger-forming portions of the glove blank.

The central portion II of the blank is adapted to form a covering for the back of the hand while those portions cf the lateral side portions 8 and 9 which lie below the finger-forming portions thereof are adapted to form a covering for the palm and the wrist, as illustrated in Fig. 2. Immediately below the finger-forming portions 6 and I4, a comparatively short portion of the opposite side edges of the blank substantially conform in shape, as indicated at I5 and I 6, the edge I5 preferably defining a slightly offset portion which, in the embodiment illustrated, may overlie to a small extent the marginal portions of the adjacent edge I6 of the opposite side portion 9 when the respective side portions of the blank are overfolded. Hence, the edges I5 and I6, being of like configuration, are adapted to be sewn together when the blank is properly folded.

The lateral, side portion 8 also, in part, defines a thumb opening I1, the interior edges I8 and I9 of the blank forming only a part of the sides of the thumb opening. This lateral portion of the blank is preferably provided with a flap or projection 29 forming a quirk which lies immediately adjacent and extends into the opening I1 and is adapted to be sewn to the thumb piece or covering when it is secured to the opening I1 therefor. The other lateral, side portion 9 is adapted, when overfolded, to meet the overfolded portion 8, substantially completely to define the thumb opening and is provided with an edge 2| which is preferably curvilinear and extends between the point 22, which is adapted substantially to coincide with the point 23 of the lateral portion 8, when said lateral portions are overfolded upon the central portion I I, and the point 24 which is adapted substantially to coincide with the point 25 which lies at the uppermost end of the interior edge I8 of the opening I1 when the lateral portions are overfolded as above indicated. Hence, when the blanlk is folded as illustrated in Fig. 2, the interior edges I8 and i9 of the side portion 8 and the side edge 2l of the lateral portion 9 constitute complementary edges of the thumb opening because, as will be noted from an examination of Fig. 2, the side edge 2 I, so far as the thumb opening is concerned, forms an extension of the interior edge I 8 up to the points 22 and 23 which are substantially coincidental.

In completing the glove, a thumb piece 26 is stitched in the thumb opening I1 in the usual manner by stitching together the edges of the thumb piece to the edges I8, I9 and 2l of the lateral portions 8 and 9 and also by stitching the thumb piece to the edges of the quirk 20 in the usual manner. Hence, when the thumb piece is sewn in the manner above indicated it serves to fasten together the lateral portions 8 and 9 of the glove blank.

From the point 25, the edge of the lateral portion 8 preferably extends diagonally, as indicated at 21, to the edge 28 which preferably extends substantially parallel to the line of fold 1 and-is adapted to be overfolded upon itself and stitched as indicated at 29 in Fig. 3 to form one side of the slit 39 in the wrist-covering portion of the front of the glove. Likewise, the edge of the lateral portion 9 preferably extends diagonally from the point 24, as indicated at 3|, to conform to the diagonal edge 21 and a flap 32 may be provided which is adapted to be overfolded about the dot-dash line 33 and stitched in overfolded position as indicated at 34 in Fig. 3 to form the other side of the wrist slit 30.

After the thumb piece has been stitched in position, it is then merely necessary to stitch along the meeting edges 21 and 3l of the lateral, side portions B and 9, as indicated at 21a, from adjacent the slit 38 to the thumb or thumb opening and along the substantially coinciding edges I5 aanei stitched to the glove blank and the said meeting edges of the lateral portions stitched together in any desired sequence and, as hereinbefore indicated, to finish the glove, it is merely necessary to sew in the usual quirk and the fourchettes and gussets between the finger-forming portions of the blank.

It will be noted that by forming the blank in the manner herein described, it is not necessary to stitch the glove substantially throughout its entire length along a side edge thereof in order to secure the overfolded, lateral side portions together and the stitching, necessarily required in fastening the separate thumb piece to the body of the glove, may also be utilized to fasten the lateral side portions of the blank to each other substantially in glove-forming relation whereby only a comparatively small amount of stitching is required in fastening the lateral portions t0- gether. Hence, not only is there a saving realized in the amount of stitching required completely to sew a glove but also the time required in so doing is materially reduced and there are no side seams in the finished glove.

Of course, the thumb opening, complementary sides of which are formed by the edges of both lateral, side portions 8 and 9, may extend substantially to the base of the finger-forming portions and it may also extend substantially to the edges of the wrist slit 38 so that a stitching of the thumb piece to the blank will substantially entirely effect a fastening together of the lateral side portions of the glove blank.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 4 toV 6, the glove blank, indicated generally at 35, comprises a central portion 33 and lateral side portions 31 and 38. Similar to the blank of Fig. 1, the central portion 38 comprises the portions 39, 48, 4I and 42 which form coverings for the backs of the fingers and the lateral side portions 31 and 38, which are adapted to be overfolded about the dot-dash lines 43 and 44 upon the central portion 36, comprise portions 45, 48, 41 and 48 which are adapted to form coverings for the fronts of the ngers. The blank is suitably slitted between the nger-form ing portions thereof except, of course, between the portions 39 and 41 and 42 and 48 which, respectively, are contiguous and lie on opposite sides of the lines of fold.

The lateral side portion 38 has formed integrally therewith a thumb covering, indicated generally at 49, which comprises portions 5I! and 5I The blank is slitted at 52 adjacent one side of the portion 50 and also at 53 adjacent the base of portion 5I` whereby to permit a partial separation of the thumb covering from the side portion 38 and to permit portion 5I to be overfolded about the dot-dash line 54 upon the portion 50. The portion 5I is also preferably slitted at 55 so that the sides thereof adjacent the slit may be separated to form a V-shaped notch in which the usual quirk may be stitched.

In accordance with my invention, I prefer to formthe quirk for the thumb covering as an integral part of the blank. A quirk 56, therefore, is blanked out as an integral part of the lateral side portion 31 and is partially severed from said side portion'by a slit 51.

When the -lateral side portions are overfolded upon the central portion in lglove-forming relationship, the edge 58 'of' the lateral portion 31 forms one side of the thumb opening 59, as illustrated in Fig. 5, the edge 6G of the b-ase of the thumb covering, extending between the line of fold 54 and the slit 55, being adapted to be sewn to the edge 58 and to the edge of the body portion of the blank adjacent the slit 51 with which the lateral side portion 31 is provided in forming the quirk 56. Furthermore, with the parts in overfolded relation, the side edge 6I of the lateral portion 31 is adapted to be fastened to the edge of the lateral portion 3B adjacent the slit 52 by stitching. The lower portion of the lateral side portion 38 is adapted to overlie the projection B2 of the opposite side portion, when these portions are overfolded the central portion of the blank, and the marginal iiap 63 of the side portion 38 is adapted to be overfolded about the dot-dash line 64, the upper portion of said iiap being passed through a slit 65 adjacent the projection 52 and underlying said projection. These overfolded portions may be stitched together as indicated at 66 and, of course, iiap 63 and the ap 61, with which the lateral side portion 31 is provided and which is designed to be overfolded about the dot-dash line 58, may be stitched to their respective, contiguous lateral side portions to form bound edges extending along the sides of the wrist slit 69 of the glove.

As above indicated, the side edge 6| of the blank is fastened to the edge of the lateral portion 38 which lies adjacent the slit 52 and they may be stitched together as indicated at 10 by stitching which extends from the base of the finger-forming portions to the quirk 56. `In completing the glove, the portions of the thumb covering lying on opposite sides of the slit 55- are spread apart to form a V-shaped notch in which the quirk is stitched. In other words, the edge 69 of the thumb covering is stitched to the edge 58 of the opposite lateral portion, as hereinbefore indicated, and to a point at the inner end of slit 51 and the edges 1I and 12 of the quirk 56 are stitched, respectively, to the edges 13 and 14 of the V-shaped notch in the thumb covering. The edge of the two portions 55 and 5I of the thumb covering are stitched in overfolded position from adjacent the line of fold to the V-shaped notch and from this point the edge of portion 50 is stitched to the edge 15 of the quirk. The remaining edge 16 of the quirk is stitched along the edge of the lateral side portion of the glove blank which lies adjacent the slit 52 and from the inner end of the slit to the stitching 10. Of course, stitching of the edge 16 of the quirk to the blank and the stitching indicated at 10 may be performed in one operation. The finished glove is illustrated in Fig. 6. n

By stitching together the respective portions of the glove blank in the manner above indicated, it will be seen, from an inspection of Fig. 6, that the lateral side portions of the glove blank are fastened together substantially in glove-forming relation when the base of one side of the thumb covering, which is integral with one of said lateral portions, is sewn to the other side portion. Additionally, of course, the lines of stitching and 1i! are employed in the embodiment illustrated to fasten the overfolded, side portions together. However, since the thumb covering is an integral part of the glove blank, a considerable saving is experienced in the amount of stitching required to complete the glove and it will be noted, too, that the body of the glove and the thumb portion thereof will be formed from the same material and, therefore, there can be no difference in appearance between the glove blank and the thumb covering.

As hereinbefore indicated in connection with the glove blank of Fig. l, the blank of Fig. 4 may also be so shaped that the base of the thumb covering or the quirk therefor will extend substantially to the base of one of the finger covering portions and, likewise, the base of the thumb covering may extend substantially adjacent or to the wrist slit.

While I have described my invention in its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the words which I have used are words of description rather than of limitation. Hence, changes within the purview of the appended claim may be made without departing from the true scope and spirit of my invention in its broader aspects.

What I claim is:

A glove comprising an integral blank of iiexible material having as integral parts thereof a central portion forming a covering for the back of the hand, wrist and fingers and lateral portions on each side of said central portion adapted to be overfolded said central portion to form coverings for the palm of the hand and the fronts of the fingers, a first of said lateral portions includingan overfoldable portion adapted to form a covering for the thumb, said blank being provided with a slit whereby in part to sever said thumb covering along one side thereof from said blank and said thumbI covering being slitted inwardly from the opposite side thereof, and the other of said lateral portions including a quirk having three sides thereof defined by the edges of said blank and said blank being slitted in part to sever said quirk from said blank whereby one edge of said slit forms a fourth side of said quirk, two adjacent sides of said quirk being adapted to be stitched to said thumb covering and said first lateral portion within the slit provided therebetween and the other two adjacent sides of said quirk being adapted to be stitched to said thumb covering and within the slit provided therein, and a row of stitches extending from the base of a finger' and along one side .of the base of said thumb covering for fastening said lateral portions and thumb-covering portions in overfolded position.

PIERRE LEON vERNHEs. 

